General Records of the Department of State. 1763 - 2002. Moving Images Relating to U.S. Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations. 1911 - 1972. In Defense of Peace

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General Records of the Department of State. 1763 - 2002. Moving Images Relating to U.S. Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations. 1911 - 1972. In Defense of Peace

1951

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On international events since the end of World War II. Flashbacks show WWII scenes of Russian troops advancing, Germans surrendering, allied forces landing in France on D-Day, allied leaders at Yalta, the meeting of U.S. and Russian troops at the Elbe River, aerial views of the ruins of Berlin, Germans surrendering at Rheims, Pres. Truman and Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference, U.S. Marines battling on beaches of Pacific islands, the flag raising on Iwo Jima, aerial views of the ruins of Tokyo, and the Japanese surrender to MacArthur aboard the battleship Missouri. Delegates of nations, among them Gromyko and Molotov, meet in San Francisco and create a United Nations organization. Returning U.S. troops disembark at U.S. ports and are discharged. U.S. bombers are destroyed and factories are converted to peacetime production. Gromyko walks out of a UN debate on the Iranian question. The U.S. proclaims the Marshall Plan and supplies for Europe are loaded on ships at docks. Flashes of reconstruction work in Europe are shown. Communists demonstrate and blockade Berlin; U.S. planes fly supplies to the blockaded city and the blockade is lifted. Refugees flee East Germany. South Korean voters go to the polls and U.S. troops evacuate Korea. North Koreans attack South Korea. U.S. troops land at Pusan to aid South Korea. U.S. and Canadian troops entrain for overseas service; British naval units and Swedish nurses leave for Korea. Turkish, Netherlands, and Australian troops arrive in Korea and are greeted by Korean civilians.

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